Two Bars Sued Over Fatal Accident

June 7, 1985|By Jonathon King, Staff writer

The family of a man killed in 1983 when his auto was pushed off the 17th Street Causeway Bridge during a three-car crash has filed suit against two bars, claiming a drunken driver in the accident was served alcohol after he was intoxicated.

The suit, filed Thursday in Broward Circuit Court, names the The Banana Boat Lounge, an unknown bar in Hallandale and the drivers of the two other cars as defendants.

The action stems from a fatal accident on June 11, 1983, that resulted in the death of Madsen Valsine. According to the suit, the driver of one car was Raymond Dampman, and Russell Smith Bryant or Victor Gregory Villegas drove the second car.

The suit was brought by Valsine`s mother, Andrelina Auguste, and his son, Fritz Valsine.